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F1 tornado in Ellis County, Texas

Tornado March 4, 2004 · Ellis County, Texas

Rating

7.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$150K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A mobile home was unroofed southeast of Italy and numerous barns and outbuildings were damaged. A family was trapped in a collapsed mobile home in Avalon, and another mobile home was blown over.Southwest of Avalon a high tension tower was bent over.

Began near Italy (32.7667, -97.9333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

9 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F1 Young County F1 Jack County F1 Parker County F1 Collin County F1 Ellis County F1 Parker County F0 Stephens County F0 Denton County F0 Wise County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5388506. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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